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41st YEAR No. 40 FBEEPORT, NEW YORK, JANUARY 27,1977 PRICE 15« PER COPY
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FREEPORT - A record freez-~~
ing cold w^ve and- mote^han-average
snow fall has caosed
many problems throughout-the
UnHeH States. The deep freeze
iced water mains! and pipes and
snow removal problems wrecked
equal'havoc with '' monidpal
budgets*. - .. • . •"*-
, In Freeport, with approximate­ly.
16 inches of snowfaU from De-
• ccmber 26 through 'Tuesday of
this week, THE LEADER asked
Ed. VoelkcT,- Superintendent of
iei^>6it^"-Watei ..DepaitmegtT:
and Didc Mitthauer, who is in
djarge of flic yilUge'?, streets
and. ibads,,; how things _ were
FREEPORT • The two natioiial parties wm battle each other hi Free-port
in Mardi as both the. Dminatlng.cornmlttee who will propose'the slate Thursday,^.at a Party
meeting sA which time they will be voted iipqn'by the memberBhrpV,
"Trustee Wayne J9rdan to rtm for
a four year term as Msyor against
Republican nominee, incnmbant
Mayor Virilliam White. Jordan
was elected two years ago in his
first bid foe public office for a four
year term as Trustee. • . .
- ^»lamed - as.- Jwdan's -:running-mates
.were Pinl Rertacdni
and Mary Wilder,, who will face
Trustee . Dorothy , Slbnn; and
AlEted,_SUdtiuLibgtli. of. wlioml
Although Levy.dassified the,
convention as an open one, with
no secret ballots," .-there was
still some critidsm from several
committeepersons - who fdt
' the party s writteii platform-distributed'
tb them • at tiiat
-time—*iil - been- ^vxitteo—in_:a
' 'dose^ ;TOom" !with iiot enough
• input':- firoih . el^tr? "all the
•comiidttetpenons or Deriiocntic .
tesddetiti^: AH but pne'committee-
b y ; ^ Hepubll-- Ijdtor ffii^Wiy^gtewl 4b »-propose-iljQpsi.
l£irt.jrctffc>f--4o;iS^
•^e" STfoiiop^y*"' •- f(^ farther dlmrsdofi at a general
'•.-1
"St
n '^.''"'•i''...
'•/y_"f'-••-'Salaiylnciattea. /
-'^tast^. Wednesday night •; the
. Board approved. salary contracts
for the.secmid year of June 76-
'77.- The 4iew custodial contract,
'• with an increase of $46,000, win
. raisethetaz.tate.by 5een given
in workshop debates.."The vote
tonight," he ' commented,
' 'didn't mean a bloody thing.''
Levine answered by poiritihg
outsat no vote taken in a work­shop
is legally bbiding."In the
woricsliops we cajole and argue
out tiie issues, but when a resolu­tion
is readiol, it's presented to
the public." The only determina-
.tion made in wori^hc^s were
'. salary guidelines; inmost of the
contracts.' according to Levine,
the Superintendent liad settled
under the guidelines.
OtiierBnshiess
Other business conducted by
- the Board induded the approv^
of Resolutiori Title IV-C. which
designated the superintendent to
file applications for ECEA fiuids.
Sapjtrintendent Donald Costlow
told the Board that the State
Fdncation Department, searching
for a demonstration center for
Rbad. tfit latter, might not have ;
beeh caicted, Vbetter,. said,; by F.
the teinpicratiiresi bwt by a down­ward
settling of a telephone,
-utilitypole. ; •.:-": :
The ;; individual problems, .
_snmunieted • Irj^-liomeowners, .
-Voelker^djTiappcned; on pri-'
vate properly 6nd his de^artmeiit
is not:pert(uttfcd to-repair them.
'/But VTB gave, advice to home­owners
r limh.- frozen, pipes," .
Voelkersald. ..'.».:.
. Mitthauer. explained that the
^snow Tcnmval prograni this win­ter
has "'just . about, deaned
thrbagh" the budget." Monday,
iiight, at the Bbard of Trustees
meeting,..money .was transfer- ,
redto the.niow removal account.
"We operated during this jpast;
storm on the contingency "jiw-;
• (CqiJt. on Page 16) : ' .' -
tiv» Opera V^
• • - • ^ . '
FREEPORT - Tidcets will be
available at the doorfof the Free-"
port Arts Coundl's offering of
^•The Barber of SeviHe," this
Saturday, J&nnary.29, 8:30 tmi. "
This production by the"Uew Yoii
City Opera Theater,' to. be ber-formea
in the auditorium of Free-port
High School, win be. in
English. • -
--EXTRA—
Citizen's Party
Names Slate
FREEPORT - THE EEADER
held its first page until 3 am Wed­nesday
to bring the results rf'
the Citizens Party caucus; Mayot-ality
candidate Uoyd Orr willbe
joined on the balirt by Trustee
candidates Armando . Stettner
term':' StbrmI briginaUy- apppist
Vd by White tbfiU a-seal vacated
•by a resignatioirJj'^tiar-.won, her
; ^ t in .etectibnr'-^Hh; a buai*:
•nessman and 20-year resident^of
Freeport, is-making, his first bid
for dectedoffitt..:. .
Democrats! also selected Vil­lage
Jusfice~Ed\